BlockFosston, Colorado
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Kersey-Gill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80611. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fosston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Greeley quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Fosston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fosston between 2011 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2020 | Other causes | 63 acres | Briggsdale Fire Department | N/A |
| 16 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lincoln County | UNKNOWN |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | BRIGGSDALE |
| 21 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Denver County | UNKNOWN |
| 14 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Larimer County | UNKNOWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fosston: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornish | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Briggsdale | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Barnesville | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Matthews | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Galeton | 12.4 miles | 18 | |
| Gill | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lowe | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| Purcell | 13.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 180560. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.